Halter-trimming



(No Model.)

B. E. & D. E. MARTIN.

HALTER TRIMMING.

No. 366,416. Patented July 12, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BION E. MARTIN AND D. EVERETT MARTIN, OF SYOAMORE, OHIO.

HALTER-TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 366,416, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed March 11, 188.7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, BION E. ll/IARTIN and D. EVERETT MARTIN, ofSycamore, in the county of \Vyandot and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved XVeb-Adjuster for Halters, 820., of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention consists of a web-holding device designed more especiallyfor use in web halters for holding the web and for adjusting it toincrease or diminish the size of the halter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 illustrates ahalter having our web holder and adjuster appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the adjuster, showing the ends ofthe web and a strap held therein. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of thesame,taken on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig 4 is a sectional plan view onthe line 0000, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 shows a modified form of the adjuster freefrom webs or straps. Fig. 6 shows an adjuster constructed to receive twolower or side webs; and Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of the same,taken on the line to w of Fig. 6.

The webadjuster A, Figs. 1 and 2, is constructed to hold and to enablethe adjustment of the cheelrweb a and the nosepiece b of the halter, andalso the chin-strap c, which is secured in the side bow, d, of theadjuster, the said how being curved outward for that purpose below thecentral transverse bar, 0, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The bar e isjoined to and made a part of the main surrounding frame of the adjuster,which is composed of the side pieces, ff, and end pieces, ff. Betweenthe central cross-piece, c, and the upper end piece, f are thetransverse cross pieces, h h, while between the central piece, 6, andthe end pieces, f, are the vertical bars ii. To connect the web a, oneof its ends is passed under the end piece, f around the bar h, and backover the bar h, between said bar and the web. In this manner the web isself-binding, so that it cannot slip in the adjuster, and by Serial No.230,530. (No model.)

slipping the web through the adjuster to the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 3 the end may be easily drawn through to take up theslack, and the web thus easily adjusted.

The web 0 may be attached to and adjusted in the device in like mannerby passing the web under the side piece, f, around the bar i, and backbetween the web and the bar i, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The webs a bare thus held at right angles to each other, and may be easily taken upand let out to suit the occasion.

In the form of adjuster shown in Fig. 5 the bow d in the side piece, f,is omitted, and in Figs. 6 and 7 the vertical bars i i are duplicated inthe lower part of the adjuster, so that in place of an ordinary strap,a, as in Fig. 1,

a web, 1/, may be attached to the adjuster in line with the Web I), andsaid web adjusted and held in the same manner as the webs a I), described above.

By constructing the adjuster as described,

and by applying it as described, the web may be adjusted to increase ordiminish the size of the halter, and by passing the web over and underthe cross pieces, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, so that the outer webcompresses the end of the web between it and the bar, any strain uponthe web renders it self-binding in the adjuster or holder.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isp The web holder and adjuster A, composed ofthe main frame, the central bar, 0, the two transverse bars h h abovethe central bar, and the four vertical bars 2' t" below the central bar,in combination with the web passed over and under the bars h h and i i,so that the strain upon the web renders it self-binding in the holder,substantially as described.

BION E. MARTIN. D. EVERETT MARTIN.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE KrrcHIN, J. B. HILL.

